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BOTH SIDES

Who Has Endorsed Kamala Harris—or Donald Trump? A Running List of Celebrity Endorsements

Martha Stewart and Oprah are for Harris. Luckily, Donald Trump has Hulk Hogan. Do we even need to mention Taylor Swift? Vanity Fair is keeping a running list, to be continually updated.

Elon Musk Insists “Joke” Noting No One Has Tried to Assassinate Biden or Harris Would Have Been Much Funnier in Context

He did not reveal the context that supposedly would have made his remark more palatable.
New York Politics

Why Eric Adams Refuses to Clean House in the Mayor’s Office

As reelection looms in 2025, the New York City mayor is brushing off swirling scandals—or “distractions,” he’d say—and seems to be banking on voters not caring about ethics probes. Adams, says one political operative, “doesn’t think he needs help.”

JD Vance Wants to Decide Which Immigrants Are “Legal”

Haitians are in Springfield legally, despite what Trump’s running mate continues to falsely broadcast.
2024 Election

How Republicans Are Waging an All-Out Assault on the Election System: “The Whole Thing Can Fall Apart”

Voting rights advocates warn that Donald Trump and his allies have drastically “scaled up” their election-denial efforts, from lawsuits to rule changes to state board takeovers. “The antidemocracy movement is constantly shape-shifting,” says one expert.

Oops: Cat at Center of JD Vance’s Pet-Eating Claims Is Alive and Well

Vance has long known his claims about dogs and cats being eaten by Haitian migrants are not true—yet he chose to spread them anyway.

Trump-Loving Billionaire Threatens to Pull His Money From the Market If Harris Wins the Election

John Paulson has boldly claimed Trump would be better for the middle class. He did not mention the ex-president’s pledge to keep taxes low for the richest people in the country.

The Dangers of America's Fraught Political Climate

The latest suspicious mailings to election officials—which are being investigated by the FBI and US Postal Service—underscore the perilous political environment heading into the November election and the potential for political violence.
snappy

Pharrell Williams, For One, Is Sick Of Celebrity Presidential Endorsements: “Shut Up, Nobody Asked”

He said he’s “Happy” to keep mum on his candidate of choice, and wishes other stars would too.
A HOUSE DIVIDED

The Mellon Family Is Famed for Restraint, but MAGA Mega-Donor Tim Mellon Is Rocking the Boat

“One of the cousins said it just makes her sick.” Mellon family members vocalize their horror at their Trump-loving kin.
politicians

Laura Loomer Ate Dog Food for a Company That Is Obsessed With “Masculinity” and Being “Naked”

Even your internal organs can be MAGA, Loomer proved, in promoting a company whose brands also peddle “anti-woke” coffee, bison “organ” supplements, and first aid kits.

Hillary Clinton Shares Her True Feelings About Donald Trump, and Warns of Dangers to Come

In her new memoir, the 2016 candidate details her emotional response to a brutal personal—and collective—loss.

JD Vance Claims Democrats Are the Ones Who Need to Tone Down the Rhetoric, Leaves Out the Part About Trump Regularly Provoking Political Violence

Remember when Trump defended his followers for shouting, “hang Mike Pence”? Vance apparently doesn’t.
Destined to Fail

Of Course Donald Trump Is Becoming a Crypto Guy

He doesn't seem to know much about it. But that didn't stop him and his failsons from going into the business with a YouTube pick-up artist and a self-described “dirtbag of the internet.”
THE LAW

How Elizabeth Prelogar Stands Up to a Runaway Supreme Court

From Idaho beauty pageants to Harvard Law School to the chambers of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the solicitor general of the United States has stood in front of judges all her life. Yet her role as the government’s last line of defense may be her toughest yet.
Q & A

Timothy Snyder Explains How Americans Might Adapt to Fascism Under Trump

In an interview with Vanity Fair, the Yale historian discusses quotidian authoritarianism, explains how Democrats can reclaim the word freedom, and critiques the “war fatigue” narrative around Ukraine. “How can we be tired?” he asks. “We’re not doing a damn thing.”
2024 election

Donald Trump’s Springfield Scapegoat

Haitian immigrants in Ohio are just the latest target in Trump’s long-running ploy to convince his supporters they’re under siege.

Donald Trump Blaming Democrats for Apparent Assassination Attempt Is Part of the Problem

The former president said Monday that his opponents’ rhetoric is making American politics ripe for violence. But Democrats are simply calling out Trump and his allies’ demagoguery for what it is.
Excerpt

Donald Trump Has Always Been Obsessed With Status—Even If He Had to Borrow It

In an excerpt from their new book Lucky Loser, Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig recount how an adolescent Trump craved undeserved praise and authority at the New York Military Academy, where he mysteriously rose through the ranks despite habitually shirking his duties. “His father was rich,” one classmate recalls, “and he was protected.”
BREAKING NEWS

FBI Investigating “What Appears To be an Attempted Assassination” of Trump, Suspect in Custody

Secret Service agents “engaged” with a man holding a firearm in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the former president was golfing.